From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2012-06-14T23:15:20+09:00
Subject: Re: Syntax Highlighter

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On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Intransition <transfire@gmail.com> wrote:

> Would you agree that Ruby shouldn't lack for a syntax highlighting library
> as good as any that exists for other dynamic languages? I do. But as it
> stands Ruby lags well behind Python's Pygments (http://pygments.org/).
> This should not stand!
>
> Ruby has a pretty good library in CodeRay (http://coderay.rubychan.de/)
> but to catch up it needs to support many more formats.
>
> So I want to encourage all Ruby developers to carve out a bit of time to
> create a CodeRay scanner script for an as-of-yet unsupported format. Have a
> look at http://odd-eyed-code.org/versions/show/15 for some suggestions
> and have a look at
> https://github.com/rubychan/coderay/tree/master/lib/coderay/scanners for
> reference on how it's done.
>
> (NOTE: I have no direct affiliation with the CodeRay project. I just want
> to see Ruby have a top-notch syntax highlighting library.)
>
>
We should suggest this to http://codebrawl.com/ there hasn't been a good
code brawl in a long time.

-Josh

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On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Intransition <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:transfire@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">transfire@gmail.com</a>&g=
t;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1e=
x">
Would you agree that Ruby shouldn&#39;t lack for a syntax highlighting libr=
ary as good as any that exists for other dynamic languages? I do. But as it=
 stands Ruby lags well behind Python&#39;s Pygments (<a href=3D"http://pygm=
ents.org/" target=3D"_blank">http://pygments.org/</a>). This should not sta=
nd!<br>
<br>Ruby has a pretty good library in CodeRay (<a href=3D"http://coderay.ru=
bychan.de/" target=3D"_blank">http://coderay.rubychan.de/</a>) but to catch=
 up it needs to support many more formats.<br><br>So I want to encourage al=
l Ruby developers to carve out a bit of time to create a CodeRay scanner sc=
ript for an as-of-yet unsupported format. Have a look at <a href=3D"http://=
odd-eyed-code.org/versions/show/15" target=3D"_blank">http://odd-eyed-code.=
org/versions/show/15</a> for some suggestions and have a look at <a href=3D=
"https://github.com/rubychan/coderay/tree/master/lib/coderay/scanners" targ=
et=3D"_blank">https://github.com/rubychan/coderay/tree/master/lib/coderay/s=
canners</a> for reference on how it&#39;s done.<br>
<br>(NOTE: I have no direct affiliation with the CodeRay project. I just wa=
nt to see Ruby have a top-notch syntax highlighting library.)<br><br></bloc=
kquote></div><br><div>We should suggest this to=A0<a href=3D"http://codebra=
wl.com/">http://codebrawl.com/</a> there hasn&#39;t been a good code brawl =
in a long time.</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Josh</div>

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